Provision-van



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' W. & THMALLY.

PROVISION VAN.

No. 540,866. 3 Patented June 11,1895.

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W. & T. MALLY.

PROVISION VAN.

No. 540,866. Patented June 11, 1895.

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' PROVISION VAN. No. 540,866. Patented June 11, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MALLY ANDTADENSZ MALLY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PROVlSl-ONeVAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,866, dated June 11,1895.

Application filed October 25, 1893. Serial No. 489,146. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM MALLY and TADENSZ MALLY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook'and State-ofIllinois, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements inProvision-Vans; and We do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as willenableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a novel construction in what we termaprovision van, adapted more particularly to carry meats and the like,and the object is to provide a van with devices for carrying andpreserving meats and the like, and also with devices by means of whichthey can be conveniently displayed and disposed of.

The invention consists of the features of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is avertical longitudinal section taken on the lines 1 1 of Figs. 2 and 3.Fig. 2 isa vertical transverse section Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectiontaken on thelines 3 3 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring now to said drawings, A indicates as a whole the body of thevan, and B the running gear. The said body A consists of thelongitudinal beams 1 and 2, the uprights 3, 4, 5 and 6 and thecross-pieces 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. These beams, uprights andcross-pieces are connected together in a familiar manner to provide theframework of the body of the van. At the forward end of the van are thefront wheels 13 of ordinary construction, while near the rear end of thevan are the rear wheels 14: which support the rear end of the van, bymeans of the springs 15 and 16 as shown.

The above described parts are all old and of well-known construction and'need not be further described.

The front end portion of the van, indicated by O, is constructed as arefrigerator, and the sides and top and-bottom of this refrigeratorportion have double walls 17 in the usual manner. Upon one side of thevan the walls of this refrigerator, indicated by 18, are made of glassso that the contents can be seen from the outside. In one corner of therefrigerator 0 is an ice box 19,the inner walls 20 of which areconveniently made of slats with openings 21 between the same to allowfree access of arr. 19 is provided with a door 22 through which ice canbe placed in the box, and this door has double walls as beforedescribed. The drivers seat 23 is hinged to the front wall of the vanand is so located that when in ahorizontal position it stands in frontof the lower edge of the'door 22-to prevent the same from being opened.The said seat 23 is held in a horizontal position by an angular bracket2t pivoted to the lower face of the seat and, as shown in Fig. 1', whenthis bracket 24 stands at right angles to the seat it will hold thelatter in a horizontal position, but by turning the brackets so thatthey are parallel with theseat, the latter can drop so that the -door 22can be opened. Located next to the ice box 19 of the refrigerator is acompartment 25 having a plurality of shelves 26 and having also walls 27with openings 28 therein, and a door 29. This compartment 25 is intendedfor the reception of meats and delicacies of a delicate nature, such assweetbreads and the like. The remaining portion of the refrigerator isprovided with the meat poles 30, as

shown. These poles are suitably supported at their ends upon bracketssecured to the walls of the refrigerator. The rear end of therefrigerator is provided with two doors 31 that can be closed andfastened to a door-post 32, as shown in Fig. 3.

In the rear of the refrigerator the sides of the vanare open, whileextending the entire length of the van on both sides of the same are'themovable hinged leaves 32 and 33. The width of the said leaves 32 and 33is about halft'he height of the van and the upper leaf 33 is hinged atits upper edge, while the lower leaf 32 is hinged at its lower edge, sothat the two leaves meet when they stand in a vertical position. Theupper leaf 33 is provided with a flange 34 that overlaps the upper edgeof the lower leaf 32, and the said leaf pieces 32 and 33 are held inaclosed position by bolts 35 that pass through the upper leaf At thefront end of the van the ice box 33 and through the uprights 3, 4 and 5of the body of the van and are secured by a suitable nut 36, as shown inFig. 3. When the lower leaf is thrown out it is held in a horizontalposition by the toggle levers 37 so that it serves as a counter alongthe side of the van upon which the Wares of the van-keeper may bedisplayed and disposed of. lhe upper leaf 33 serves as a cover or roofand is held in a horizontal position by toggle levers 38. The rear endof the van is provided with doors 39 and alsoastep 40 and seat 41 for anattendant.

The floor of the body of the van in the rear of the refrigerator andindicated by 42, is smaller than the body of the van and is connectedwith the main body portion of the side walls 43, as shown in Figs. 1 and2, while extending from the bottom of the main portion of the body ofthe van are shelves 44 upon which meats and other things may be placedand operated upon, and serves as a great convenience to the clerk orbutcher who acts as a shopkeeper. Meat blocks 45 may be placed withinthe van conveniently, with one edge resting upon the shelf 44 andsupported by legs 46 at their other side. A meat chopper 47 can becarried conveniently upon one of the shelves. Upon the uprights 3, 4 and5 eyes 48 are secured,by means of which the brackets 49 for holding theme .t poles 50 can be secured to the sides of the van. The said bracketsand meat poles can be easily transferred from one side to the other ofthe van, as found convenient, since the uprights on both sides areprovided with the said eyes 48.

poultry, such as chickens and ducks, and each compartment is providedwith a door 53. At

the opposite ends of the compartment are troughs 54 for feeding thepoultry, and these troughs are protected by overhanging guards 55secured to the coop or the floor to protect said food troughs from dirt,&c.

We claim as our invention- A provision van, consisting of a body portionsupported upon suitable running gear, said body portion being divided bydoors 31 into two compartments, the forward compartment 0 having doubleWalls and transparent sides, an ice box 19 in one corner of saidcompartment C, and a door 22 in the ice box 19at the front end of thebody portion, the rear compartment of said body portion having hingedsides, a floor 42, shelves 44 between said floor 42 and sides, rear enddoors, and brackets for meat poles, substantially as lescribed.

In testimony whereof We ailix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM MALTA. TADENSZ MALLY. Witnesses:

HARRY COBB KENNEDY, RUDOLPH W. Lorz.

